‘Can’t continue,’ Wayne Rooney says in response to Birmingham jeers as Tom Brady and the Blues board witness another setback to their ambitious project…

The West Midlands-based outfit drew up ambitious plans after welcoming NFL legend Brady on board as an investor, with Manchester United and England icon Rooney drafted in to take the managerial reins. He took over with the club sitting inside the Championship play-off places, but has suffered six defeats through nine games—winning only one—to slump to 17th spot.

A 2-0 defeat at Coventry was met by jeers from the travelling support, with Rooney saying of that reaction and what needs to be done in order to deliver a reversal in fortune: “We’re in a difficult place; we know that, with the run of results and the points we’re losing. The big thing is that the goals we’re conceding are very poor goals. We have to figure it out and make sure we don’t give easy goals away. The run-of-form can’t continue. Of course, I understand the fans’ frustration. That’s normal when you go through a run of results like this and we have to change this as quickly as possible. If I were a fan in the stands there tonight, I would be exactly the same. But what I can tell you is that we’re working really hard to fix it, to improve results and performances.”